2026 DECLUTTERING CAMPAIGN Mrs SD - our Year of Redistribution

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

1. Daily To Do List - written the night before
2. Sort out sleep patterns - initial targets: bed by 03:00, up by 10:30
3. Don’t put it down, put it away + deal with mini tasks as soon as they are noticed e.g. refill olive pourer or salt cellar, stitch up a hole in a garment etc.
4. Commence ‘Operation Financial Frog Tickling’ using the acronym - I.R.I.S. (Identify, Research, Implement, Sign Off) - One per quarter
5. Continue to keep kitchen clean & tidy - before going to bed
6. Plan & Execute ONE Major Project - 2026 New Bathroom
7. Target 2026 items out

Monday started quite overcast & dull but is now sunny with a forecast high of 13°C (feeling just 1° cooler due to a light SW breeze) & a low of 5°C. 

BlueJ94, pleased to hear that your OH has noticed your efforts to keep your home tidy 😊 Fingers crossed that you do have a quiet day at work 🤞Very impressed at how much you got done before 06:00 👏

Lovely post Moorviews 😊 I do have photos but should really sort them into their own album 😉 I still miss just being able to quote a small part of someone’s post ☹️ Very impressed with your jumper & cardigan sort out especially the transformation 👏 A medal 🏅 is on its way 😊

2Scratters, I am totally with you on objecting to being forced to do everything online 😖 Well done on getting the camper van insurance at a cheaper rate & great work in the garden 👏

_Dolly_Rocker_ hopefully Luna will be fully recovered by the weekend 🙏

vulpix, very pleased to hear that you managed to get a doctor’s appointment & only a week away ☺️ I can hardly believe it is 2 years since we lost bit_by_bit 🥺 Strange thing is I did a quickish photo sort this morning & came across a photo of the embroidery piece I did 😊

A quick shout out to members of our Declutterati family who haven’t posted for a while - missing you & hoping you will pop in just to let us know that you are OK 🙏 Have a great day everyone ☺️

MrsSD Awards: 💐 🙏💐💐🌟⭐️❤️💐💐⭐️💐❤️ ⭐️🎖️

DH Awards: 🏅🏅🏅🏅

DSis Awards:

Decluttering Target 2026: 660/2026

1p Savings Challenge Running Total: £73.00

Deb4

Hugs to everyone who needs them

I have been missing in action with DS being off school, back to school today so back in to a routine

Since I last posted sold a couple of items as well as a bundle of 6 on vinted, also someone came to collect something I had on Freegle over the weekend.

This morning I sorted out my wardrobe and a couple of things have gone into the charity bag, I have put some in to the washer to see what I wanted to do with them once dry.

Think that's everything

Florenceem

I was in pain when I went to bed last night. Went off to sleep and woke up an hour later with pain so had to go downstairs for a new freezer pad.

I was still in bed when I heard the bin lorry so my bins have been emptied.

Builder J was booked to come here this morning so I was going to pop out this afternoon. J contacted me - could he come in the afternoon so I changed going out to the morning. I met a couple of people I knew on the way to town and chatted.

Got some cash and some sweets plus took a bag of donations to the charity shop.

Went by bus to Lid. and then looked in Wicke. at paint prices. I wanted black paint for exterior metal - front gates. I went in The Rang. which is next door but couldn't see any of the paint in there so it was back to Wicke.

It was raining quite hard when I got off the bus.

Builder J turned up and fixed the largest Ike. unit to the wall. He thought the others didn't need to be fixed - I have no small children here who would climb up them. J also mounted the two hangers in my kitchen for a hand towel and tea towel. Then he put cement under the laminate in the garage entrance. Just little jobs but they are crossed off my list now.

Floss

@vulpix crikey, that's gone quickly! We will have to arrange another catchup soon.

@Florenceem are you waiting for any more appointments for your pain? And please can you send Young J up to Cheshire when he's painted your gates? Mine are desperate to be done!

daisy_1571

Vulpix that has been a shock - 2 years? Where does the time go? Sending hugs xxx

Florenceem

Floss - I have a Doctor's appointment next Monday.

Floss - Re J - I have told my family that they can't have J until I have finished with him. Eldest daughter wants him to do some jobs at her house in Cheshire. Middle son wants J for gardening and decorating in Nottinghamshire.

This sorting out will take some time as we just packed stuff up and put it upstairs so J could get on with decorating.

Decluttered - notebook, photographic paper, handmade paper, silver card, pad of white paper, pad of coloured paper, gauze, label, paperclip, paper pad x 3, spool x 3, pattern x 7, plastic bag x 2, paper, pack of nail decorations, Easter card x 5, paper punch x 19, coat, envelope x 2. brass stencil x 35, laminated sign, fabrics, sample fabrics on paper, pair of boots, floor wipes, cardboard box, polystyrene box, label, paper bag, plastic bag x 3.

BlueJ94

• One candle used up
• New candle started
• 3 plastic cups binned
• 1 item listed on vinted
• Work lunch and breakfast made

Not much else planned for today!

florianatwobob

DSis decluttered her latest check in with her oncologist today. Her last CT scan was ‘completely clear’ and he’s very pleased with her.

oceanspirit

Vulpix, lots of hugs for you today. I can't believe it's 2 years already. Bit by bit is much missed on this thread.

Mrs SD, the bags for the CS have made it into the car. Nothing more added today but will try to find more later this week.

Lots of admin done this morning. I too am having battles with having to do everything electronically. At least the filing cabinet never told me I had tried to log in incorrectly too many times after one correct attempt! I left it for a couple of hours as it wasn't having it, tried again and all was ok. V v annoying that you can't just get on with something and see it through to completion any more. Pretty much everything needs several attempts.

Brambling

Finance frog has been put on hold until I get quote for plastering and decorating so I know what if any cash can be put into a fixed term ISA or maybe not 🤷‍♀️

A quick visit to my sister (4 hours 😁) to drop off a heavy weight cardi which I haven't worn for two or three years, when I saw her last she was wearing a outfit it would go well with. We both also used the time to talk thought some issues sometimes two heads are better than one and we have a better perspective of other people's problems rather than our own. We both declutterred some stress 🙂 and she listened as I ranted about my elderly friends' 'well meaning' friends who can come up with ideas to stir things up but haven't visited since she went into hospital on Boxing Day! A piece of her granddaughter birthday cake and a cuppa allowed us to put the world to rights 😋 and we talked paint colours.

I've added a couple of pairs of shoes and a couple of handbags to the CS bag whilst hunting out cardi